Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

Karyn Keith says she isn't asking for much. All she wants is the same support she'd receive if she was out of a job because of the pandemic, rather than unable to work because of her disabilities. The 44-year-old mother in Brampton, Ont.

The Western Hockey League continues trying to stickhandle through the pandemic. The league is expected to announce today that its start date for the 2020-21 season will be pushed back to Dec. 1. The WHL had previously set a start date of Oct.

The Western Hockey League continues trying to stickhandle through the pandemic. The league is expected to announce today that its start date for the 2020-21 season will be pushed back to Dec. 1. The WHL had previously set a start date of Oct.

In terms of daily new COVID-19 cases, B.C. was pretty much back in July to where it was in late March and early April, according to BC Centre for Disease Control data.

Lockdown measures at the outset of the COVID-19 crisis appear to have shuttered Metro Vancouver businesses at nearly double the rate recorded a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada.

The provincial government has announced a total of 146 new cases of COVID-19 over the long weekend, according to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry’s latest daily update. There have been no new deaths.

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said about getting kids back to classes.

REGINA — Saskatchewan plans to bring students back to classrooms under conditions as close to normal as possible, and that does not yet include the mandatory use of masks.

Eighty-two B.C. doctors have signed a document urging the provincial government to mandate the wearing of face masks on transit, in crowds and for all indoor spaces outside of people’s homes.

Most Canadians support a second round of shuttering businesses and self-isolating at home should the country see a spike in COVID-19 cases. That’s according to a poll conducted by Nanos Research on behalf of the Globe and Mail between July 26 and 30.